講義内容詳細:Structure of Japanese(英語講義)

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年度/Academic Year 2020
授業科目名/Course Title (Japanese) Structure of Japanese(英語講義)
英文科目名/Course Title (English) Structure of Japanese(in English)
学期/Semester 前期 単位/Credits 2
教員名/Instructor (Japanese) 井川 肇
英文氏名/Instructor (English) IKAWA, Hajime

講義概要/Course description
This is a linguistic introduction to the Japanese language. Students will be introduced to the major characteristics of Japanese with emphasis on (i) its sound system, (ii) its sentence structure and  grammatical phenomena, and (iii) its historical development and dialects.  Students will also have opportunities to analyze actual Japanese examples.  This year, we will take up the particles wa and ga as our special topic, and study them in detail.
達成目標/Course objectives
To have a basic understanding of the major characteristics of the Japanese language 
履修条件(事前に履修しておくことが望ましい科目など)/Prerequisite
This is not a language learning course per se.  Students taking this course are expected to have some familiarity with the basic grammar of the Japanese language, and be able to understand simple Japanese sentences written in Hiragana, Katakana, and simple Kanji's. 
授業計画/Lecture plan
1
授業計画/Class Organizational meeting
事前学習/Preparation Carefully read the course description.
事後学習/Reviewing Start reading the assigned reading material.
2
授業計画/Class An overview of the Japanese language
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
3
授業計画/Class Sounds of Japanese 1: Consonants
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
4
授業計画/Class Sounds of Japanese 2: Vowels
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
5
授業計画/Class Historical development of the sound system of Japanese
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
6
授業計画/Class Japanese sentence structure 1
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
7
授業計画/Class Japanese sentence structure 2
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
8
授業計画/Class Typological characteristics of the Japanese grammar: comparing English and Japanese
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
9
授業計画/Class Historical development of the grammar of Japanese
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
10
授業計画/Class The Japanese reflexive pronoun zibun and causative sentences
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
11
授業計画/Class Free word order of Japanese
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
12
授業計画/Class Dialects
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
13
授業計画/Class Wa and ga (1)
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
14
授業計画/Class Wa and ga (2)
事前学習/Preparation Do the assigned reading.
事後学習/Reviewing Make your own findings, reviewing the class and the assigned reading.
15
授業計画/Class Review and question and answer session
事前学習/Preparation Review the assigned reading materials and the classes so far.
事後学習/Reviewing Review the assigned reading materials and the classes.
授業方法/Method of instruction
(i) This course will be offered on line (on Webex) in the second period of Mondays as it is originally scheduled.  Before every class, students need to check CoursePower to see how to participate in the class offered and download the necesary materials for the class. 

(iI) This course is intended to be a small class in which Japanese students and international students can have lively interactions, helping each other in studying the Japanese language, so the number of students enrolled in this course will be limited to 15-20.

(iiI) In every class, we will discuss (a) specific characteristic(s) of Japanese, taking the assigned reading as our starting point.  After having seen the characteristic(s) in detail, students will do exercises to confirm what they have learned. 
成績評価方法/Evaluation
1 レポート Report 65% It depends on the number of students enrolled in this course whether we will have the final exam or the final paper.    
2 平常点 In-class Points 35% The total points of the in-class exercises will be converted into the points on the 35-point scale. 
教科書/Textbooks
 コメント
Comments
1 No textbook will be used, but the assigned reading materials will be delivered to the students in CoursePower. Students interested in being officially enrolled in this course must be present in the first class.
メッセージ/Message
 Students interested in being officially enrolled in this course must be present in the first class.